741 Colonel Ledyard Highway  
Ledyard, Connecticut 06339  
TOWN OF LEDYARD  
Finance Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
Chairman Gary St. Vil  
Regular Meeting  
Wednesday, April 1, 2026  
5:00 PM  
Town Hall Annex Building - Hybrid  
Format  
WORKING DRAFT  
In -Person: Council Chambers, Town Hall Annex Building  
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I
CALL TO ORDER  
II.  
ROLL CALL  
Jessica Buhle  
Present:  
Tim Ryan  
Carmen Garcia-Irizarry  
Excused:  
III.  
RESIDENTS & PROPERTY OWNERS COMMENTS  
Mr. Jeff Eilenberger, 2 Village Drive, Ledayrd  
IV.  
V.  
PRESENTATIONS / INFORMATIONAL ITEMS  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
MOTION to approve the Finance Committee Minutes as follows:  
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Regular Meeting Minutes February 4, 2026  
Budget Work Session Minutes March 5, 2026  
Budget Work Session Minutes March 9, 2026  
Finance Director’s Report - Fiscal Year 2025-2026  
Financial Reports - Fiscal Year 2025-2026  
Vi.  
VII.  
IX.  
NEW BUSINESS  
MOTION to amend the Agenda to add:  
MOTION to authorize the Mayor to sign a Commitment to Fund a Local Transportation Capital  
Improvement Program (LOTCIP) grant in the amount of $3,224,800.  
This was Approved and so declared.  
APPROVED AND SO DECLARED  
RESULT:  
MOTION to authorize the purchase of Fire Apparatus in the amount of $1,173,066 from Marion  
Body Works, Inc with funding from Account # 21020401-54325 (Fire Apparatus).  
1.  
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
Tim Ryan  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Jessica Buhle  
SECONDER:  
2
1
Buhle and Ryan  
Garcia-Irizarry  
AYE:  
EXCUSED:  
MOTION to appropriate $73,782.83 of proceeds received from the sale of 528 Colonel Ledyard  
Highway to Capital Account #21014301-53306 (Land Use - P & Z Document Updates).)  
2.  
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
Tim Ryan  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Jessica Buhle  
SECONDER:  
2
1
Buhle and Ryan  
Garcia-Irizarry  
AYE:  
EXCUSED:  
**ADD ON**  
MOTION to authorize the Mayor to sign a Commitment to Fund a Local Transportation  
Capital Improvement Program (LOTCIP) grant in the amount of $3,224,800.  
3.  
RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL  
Tim Ryan  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Jessica Buhle  
SECONDER:  
2
1
Buhle and Ryan  
Garcia-Irizarry  
AYE:  
EXCUSED:  
3.  
Any New Business proper to come before the Committee  
None.  
VIII. OLD BUSINESS  
Discussion and possible action regarding the Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Budget.  
No Update.  
1.  
CONTINUE  
RESULT:  
Discussion regarding potential uses for the funding received from the National Opioid  
Settlement Payments.  
2.  
3.  
NO ACTION  
RESULT:  
Discussion scheduling Regular Quarterly Joint Finance Committee Meetings between the  
Town Council and Board of Education.  
NO ACTION  
Continued discussion regarding upcoming potential Grant Opportunities.  
RESULT:  
4.  
5.  
CONTINUE  
Review and discuss the following Reports:  
RESULT:  
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Committee to Review the Budget Process Report dated October 31, 2023  
Committee To Transform The Budget Process Report dated October 3, 2016  
NO ACTION  
RESULT:  
6.  
Any Old Business proper to come before the Committee.  
ADJOURNMENT  
X.  
DISCLAIMER: Although we try to be timely and accurate these are not official records of the  
Town.